🧠 K - What I KNOW About Energy Transformations

1. List three different types of energy you already know about:

a) _________________________ b) _________________________ c) _________________________

2. Describe one energy transformation you observe in your daily life:

3. What happens to energy when you ride a bicycle down a hill?

Energy is created

Energy is destroyed

Energy changes from one form to another

Energy stays the same

❓ W - What I WANT to Know & L - What I'm LEARNING

4. Write two challenging questions about energy transformations you want answered:

Question 1: _________________________________________________________________

Question 2: _________________________________________________________________

5. During the lesson, record three new facts about energy transformations:

6. Identify the energy transformations in a solar-powered calculator:

_________________________ energy → _________________________ energy → _________________________ energy

7. Choose three ways you could investigate energy transformations further (tick all that apply):

Design and conduct an experiment with pendulums

Research renewable energy sources online

Interview a scientist or engineer

Build a simple motor or generator

Visit a power station or science museum

Create a presentation about energy efficiency

8. Design your own investigation: How could you prove that energy cannot be created or destroyed, only transformed?

9. Challenge Question: Explain why a perpetual motion machine is impossible using the law of conservation of energy: